Injured Hawley man charged with assault of EMT

A Hawley man was charged with aggravated assault on an emergency medical technician from Lackawaxen Ambulance Co., stemming from an incident at Woodloch Resort last month.

A Hawley man was charged with aggravated assault on an emergency medical technician from Lackawaxen Ambulance Co., stemming from an incident at Woodloch Resort last month.

On April 28, Robert Filarsky, 32, the social supervisor at Woodloch Resort, was working at a golf tournament and consumed alcohol all day, said state police at Blooming Grove, who released the information on Monday.

At about 9 p.m., Filarsky was stumbling around and hit his head, which caused concern. Lackawaxen Ambulance was contacted.

As emergency medical services attempted to give aid to Filarsky, he became combative with EMS.

Several other Woodloch employees, who were also intoxicated, also became very combative toward EMS personnel, police said.

Those other employees are being cited with disorderly conduct for their behavior while EMS attempted to give Filarsky aid.

As Lackawaxen Ambulance was transporting Filarsky to the hospital, he again became violent.

Filarsky grabbed the arm of an EMT with him in the rear of the ambulance and would not let go.

It took several EMS workers to free the EMT from Filarsky's attack.

The EMT suffered a broken hand and possible nerve damage.

Filarsky was sedated prior to being air lifted by helicopter to the hospital.

Filarsky returned to work days after the incident.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has also been notified due to several recent alcohol-related incidents at Woodloch Resort, police said.